The rules - follow the naming directions of the last poster. Then, give directions for the next poster. You get to pick the size of the family, genders, naming guidelines, etc. when it is your turn to give directions. No other rules!

Directions for the first family!

James John and Rebecca Kay Smith have 8 children - 5 boys and 3 girls. Jim and Becky think their names are super boring. So, they have given their children names that are unique, but not unheard of. The Smith's are avid hikers and mountain climbers. The children's middle names reflect this hobby. Out of the children, 4 are singles and there are 2 sets of twins.

So, the next person completes the Smith family and then posts their own family and guidelines. Have fun!

Ryan Leslie Jack Hansen and his wife Nora Isabel Hansen have six sons. Each of them have a literary character or author surname as their first name and two middle names: one a male name turned female (like Leslie) and one that is from the top #25 boys' names of 2012.

Michael Garrett "Mike" Carter and Ashley Maria Carter have five children--three girls and two boy. All of their first names are classic, begin with M, and have nicknames. All of their middle names are biblical.

Olivier Baise Mercier-Aubain and his wife, Vivienne Claret Mercier-Aubain have 7 children - 4 boys and 3 girls. Olivier and Vivienne love their french background. So, they have given their children names that are french, but will be acceptable in America. The Mercier-Aubain's partake in mixed martial arts on Olivier's behalf and music on Vivienne's side. The children's middle names reflect these hobbies. Out of the children, their is one set of large multiples that is the pair's youngest children.

Tabitha Isobel Brown and her husband Mitchell Reed Brown have three children; two boys and a girl. The Brown family are very active and enjoy being outdoors a lot, they spend their holidays camping which they find lots of fun. The children's first names reflect this love of nature, but also balance the Brown's eccentric, unusual style with that. Their middle names are classics that all begin with the same letter.

Dirk Sullivan Calhoun and Chantel Ondrea Calhoun have 5 children; 3 boys and 2 girls. All five children are adopted. Their first names underused, classics. Their middle names are from their birth countries - one from China, one from Russia, one from Guatemala, one from Ethiopia and one from India.

Oscar Wilhelm Schneider and Tatiana Irene Schneider have seven children, five girls and two boys. They have one set of multiples that are neither the oldest nor youngest, and their youngest child is a girl. The children's first names are German to reflect Oscar's heritage, and their middle names are Russian to reflect Tatiana's.

The Schneider's: Oscar and Tatiana with Ric, Hewitt, Karleigh and Kaiser, Elsie, Max and Adalie.

Matthew Nicholas McCain and his wife, Katherine Elizabeth McCain have 7 children. They think their names are boring and want their kids to have more unique ones. Nothing too crazy or old fashioned. They have two sets of twins and more girls than boys.Their oldest is a son and their youngest a daughter. Two have to have two middle names. At least one boy and one girl have a unisex first name. All the names have to start with either: A, S, H, T, M or L.

Dominic Dante De Los Santos and his wife Lola Marielle De Los Santos have three children together, all girls. Lola also has two children from a previous relationship, one of each. Lola's children have first names beginning with the same letter that are 4 letters long, and middle names which are music related. Dominic and Lola's daughters all have Italian-American first names to reflect Dominic's heritage, and their middle names are also music related.

Anna Grace Clearwater and Seth Matthew Clearwater have 5 children,three girls and two boys. They have one set of girl/girl twins. All of their first names are from Greek mythology and all their middle names are unusual biblical names. The twins first names start with the same letter.

Next: Bradley Harrison and Elizabeth Christine Prescott have 6 children, 3 boys and 3 girls. The boys have one syllable first names and three syllable middle names. The girls have short, sweet first names, that do not have nicknames and three syllable middle names.

Vampire Adrian Marcus Darke and human Kayla Danielle "Night" Darke have 4 children together, 2 girls and 2 boys, there are no multiples. The boys have the same initials and the girls have the same initials. The name Leon is somewhere in one of the boys names and Adrian has a child from a previous relationship, her first name is a nature name and her middle is after her deceased mother Marina Grace.

Anthony Gibson and Robin Kathleen York successfully conceived via IVF. They now have quintuplets - 3 girls and 2 boys. The quints names are consecutive in the alphabet. (ie Amy, Brady, Cooper, etc.), They may or may not start with A. Their middle names are variations of their grandparents names:

Timothy Andrew Haase and Alice-Marie Theresa Haase have four children, three boys and one girl. Their daughter is their youngest child. Timothy is a professor of Classics and his children's middle names reflect this passion. Alice-Marie wants her daughter to have a double first name like she herself does and her sons' name to be classic and underused.

Timothy Andrew Haase and Alice-Marie Theresa Haase have four children, three boys and one girl. Their daughter is their youngest child. Timothy is a professor of Classics and his children's middle names reflect this passion. Alice-Marie wants her daughter to have a double first name like she herself does and her sons' name to be classic and underused.

DH: Timothy Andrew Haase

DW: Alice-Marie Theresa Haase

DS: Martin Leander Haase

DS: Wesley Castor Haase

DS: Simon Lykos Haase

DD: Eva-Louise Kalliope Haase

Timothy, Alice-Marie, Martin, Wesley, Simon, and Eva-Louise

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Stuart Anders Knox and Rosemary Celine Van Atta have 5 children, 3 girls and two boys. Their two oldest are twins. The

boys' first names are underused occupation names like Stuart's and the girls' are underused plants like Rosemary's name.

For middle names it is the opposite: those for the girls are occupational and those of the boys are plants.